One of the key features for the mechanics used in Lore: Uprising, and the rest of the games that will be using our house system, is the choice to go with a completely character class-free system. This debate has been fought back and forth over the years, with the move from a class-based advancement, to a skill-based advancement with pseudo "classes", to the final version which is a true skill-based advancement system.  So why did we choose the skill-based advancement system?

The Dungeon Crawl: one of the most clichéd adventures for a fantasy RPG. Every fantasy gamer has probably done at least one, and it’s more likely that they have done dozens. As I prepared for the first actual live playtest for Lore: Origins, the dungeon crawl is the format I chose. My goal that night wasn’t to amaze our players with a staggering story—I simply wanted to introduce them to the mechanics that ran the Origins game.